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The International Borzoi Conference England 1983.

The ISMAILOFF Borzoi kennel Part I

  40 Years of German Borzoi History Extracted from my book “ENCYCLOPEDIA PRIMA EUROPAEIS BARSOICAE” by Dipl.-Biol. Désirée Maass (1998), translated by the author and proofread by Lotta Broströmer (2018)                                            …

The Ismailoff Borzoi Kennel Part II

Link to part I                                                           PART II The author Desiree Maass, she researched and wrote part I and II of the article about the Ismailoff kennels…

The Jermolov standard of 1888

The first written description of the borzoi The Jermolov Standard 1888

The Korbutovsky Hunt.

Pictures from life at the Korbutovsky hunt. A.P. Korbutovsky was not an important breeder. Borzoi from this hunt is hardly found in the studbooks. He was a hunter and his borzoi came from Zikharev, Boldareff and others and that makes these pictures so…

The Kyrgyz and Eastern borzoi (Taigan)

The Taigan (Kyrgyz: тайган), and also known as Kyrgyz Taighany (Kyrgyz: кыргыз тайганы) (Kyrgyzskaya Borzaya in Russian), is a breed of sighthound from Kyrgyzstan. The Taigan is found in the alpine Tian Shan region of Kyrgyzstan on the border with Chi…

The Martynov portfolio

A Martynov was a well known Russian painter! Martynov protection cover The paintings are all from the time prior to the Perchino kennels. It is paintings, not photos. There is no…

The Middleman

Mr J. J. Rousseau was a dealer, a middleman. He was a man who bought and sold borzoi for a profit, often to Americans. We can perhaps have in mind the following: “There were a lot of dogs in Perchino, new ones were born every year. Regularly compiled…

The Murugi Kennels

​The Andersen family got their first borzoi, Ekhaga Irina, in 1968 and the Murugi kennel was registred in 1972. Owners of the kennel was Berit and Arvid Andersen. Later when their daughter Camilla grew up, she also took part in both breeding and showi…

The Nederland’s Barsoi Club 85th Anniversary at Castle Vorden

Karen van Antwerp has kindly supplied us with text and photos from The 85 Year Jubilee of the Nederlandse Barsoi Club. On January 19, 2020, the Nederlandse Barsoi Club began the celebration of their 85th Anniversary at Castle Vorden during the annual…

The Perchino Hunt

1 Danielle Laurent-Faure has supplied this excellent article. Opposite: somewhat caricatural portrait of the Grand Duke Nicolas Nicolaïevich. The caption in Russian is as follow…

The Perchino silver horn

The Perchino Silver horn In 1912, the Pershino hunt turned 25 years. For this event, a silver hunting horn made in the Faberge workshop, was presented to Grand Duke Nicholas Niko…